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WoWFlix: N00b Boyfriend
WoWFlix is a new weekly column featuring videos from around the web related to World of Warcraft. If you find something you’d like to be featured, leave a comment or send a tweet to @Heartbourne. I think we've all brought that special someone home to our parents only to have them shot down for not playing WoW. What really jumped out to me was Mrs. Leet commenting that this boy who watches VHS tapes and uses a corded phone "might as well play Alliance." The first time I checked out Project Lore, I was severely disappointed that it was a group of Alliance characters plowing through dungeons. Somehow, this stigma of Alliance attracting n00bs and young kids while the Horde attracts a more "mature" audience is ingrained into my way of thinking. I've really tried to level Alliance characters, but having played Horde for years I can't get over my biases. For all you Alliance players out there, do you still watch VHS tapes and use corded phones?
Understanding Item Level
You might have heard the term item level "iLvl" and not really known what it meant. It's sort of an extension of the tier system (or vice versa), and it's easy enough to understand at face value: a higher iLevel means more overall stats and superior item. Item levels are not something that you can see in the game with the default interface. You'll need an addon like iLevel Buddy. Most database websites have it as well, you can see it on WoWHead under "Quick Facts". These Conqueror's Darkruned Legguards have an iLevel of 226. The iLvl of an item has some complicated formulas that were reverse engineered by players. Basically, the iLvl of an item, its rarity, and the slot it goes in, like shoulders, waist, and chest, give the item a pool of points to take from. Chest and helms get more points than say bracers and belts. With these points, stats are allocated. Each stat has a certain percentage of these "points" that it costs. For stats like Agility and Intellect, the trade-off is one to one, that is, it costs the same amount of "points" from the iLvl to get +1 Agility as it does +1 Intellect. Gear of the same iLevel then differs based on its armor class and the stats on it. Lets check out how many of these "points" each of the stats take up (via elitistjerks).
Stat | Modifier |
Strength | 1 |
Agility | 1 |
Stamina | 2/3 |
Intellect | 1 |
Spirit | 1 |
Ratings | 1 |
Attack Power | 1/2 |
Spell Power | 6/7 |
Mana per 5 | 5/2 |
Block Value | 13/40 |
10-man | ilvl | 25-man |
Naxx | 200 | |
KT, EoE | 213 | Naxx |
Ulduar | 219 | |
Ulduar hard | 226 | Ulduar, KT/EoE |
CC | 232 | Ulduar weapons |
239 | Ulduar hard | |
CC hard | 245 | CC |
258 | CC hard |